Articles by Nick Barrickman

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Lawsuit Charges US Psychologists Involved in CIA Torture Program with War Crimes
Nick Barrickman, WSWS – TRANSCEND Media Service, 19 Oct 2015

The charges were filed by victims of the US torture program and the ACLU, and declare that the two doctors engaged in a “joint criminal enterprise” with the US government, constituting “torture, cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment; non-consensual human experimentation; and war crimes, all of which violate well-established norms of customary international law.”

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US Pharmaceutical Industry Price-Gouging and the Case of Martin Shkreli
Nick Barrickman, WSWS – TRANSCEND Media Service, 28 Sep 2015

The anger was further fueled by the stance taken by Shkreli, a 32-year-old former hedge fund manager, who unapologetically defended the move (to raise the cost of a drug to treat AIDS and cancer from $13.50 to more than $750 per pill) on the grounds that it served his company’s bottom line. “There’s no doubt, I’m a capitalist… I’m trying to create a big drug company, a successful drug company, a profitable drug company. We’re trying to flourish.”

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US Banks Post Record Profits
Nick Barrickman - Global Research, 3 Jun 2013

Profits for the US banking industry rose in the first quarter of 2013 to a record $40.3 billion, according to a report released on Wednesday [29 May 2013]. Profits surged by 15.8 percent. The quarterly profits top the previous record set more than six years ago, prior to the financial meltdown of 2008.

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